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Final of the Gloucester Table Tennis Associations’ Handicap Cup Redcliffe College 'A' v Rudford 'F' Redcliffe 'A' 373 v Rudford 'F' 342. Redcliffe College 'A' Rudford 'F' Redcliffe College were crowned champions of the Gloucester Table Tennis Association’s Handicap Cup, for the first time in their history.
Photographs courtesy of Lisa Johnson Richard Johnson, Andy Taylor and Vidas Rimkus of Redcliffe College were victorious when they attended Tuffley Community Centre to compete against Rudford comprising of Pete Humble, Trevor Seymour and Gordon Wallace. Johnson, Taylor and Rimkus of division three began the evening with a 58 point advantage over their division 2 opponents, but this was whittled down over four games to only a 28 point advantage after four games thanks to some steady play from Rudford and Rimkus suffering from an existing injury during the match. During match five, Johnson played a tight, controlled game to win all 4 sets against Trevor Seymour, extending Redcliffe's lead back to 47, which was the turning point of the match. Humble, Seymour and Wallace could only claw back a few points in the next three matches, which left Humble with an immense task in the final game against Johnson. The final game was incredible, with one extraordinary rally which saw the ball hit the net-cord 5 times, with only the fifth one finally winning the point for Humble. However despite the best efforts of Humble there was never really any doubt, which side would emerge triumphant, and after it became mathematically impossible for Rudford to win. With the pressure off both players the spectators were entertained with some incredible rallies. The final score was Redcliffe 373 v Rudford 342. Overall the key to Redcliffe's success on the night lay in their ability to come back after shaky starts in many of the matches, demonstrated most obviously when Andy Taylor lost the first set of the 8th match 0-11 against Gordon, but then came back to win the following 3 sets. Altogether it was a very enjoyable evening played in a good spirit by both teams. The handicap competition is played over nine games with each player competing against each other over four sets. At the end of the night the points scored are totalled up and the team with the most points is declared the winner. The competition commenced in October with 40 teams battling it out for the title.
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